The Stephen Crane Society will sponsor two sessions at the American Literature Association Conference at the Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA, on May 25-28, 2017. All topics are welcome. Here, for example, are a few suggestions

Crane’s depiction of war

Crane and the arts (e. g., painting, photography, music)

Crane’s depiction of the city

Crane’s poetry

Crane’s journalism

the Sullivan County tales and sketches

the Western stories

the Whilomville stories

one of Crane’s lesser-known novels (The Third Violet, Active Service, or The O’Ruddy)

You may also propose a roundtable discussion on, say, teaching Crane’s short stories.
Please email abstracts or papers of no more than ten double-spaced pages by January 15, 2017, to the program chair:

Paul Sorrentino

psorrent@vt.edu

For further information about the conference, please consult the ALA website at www.americanliterature.org. If you have specific questions about ALA, contact the conference director, Professor Olivia Carr Edenfield of Georgia Southern University at carr@georgiasouthern.edu.

“’‘Well, now, yer a hell of a t’ing, ain’ yeh?’: Collective Shaming and Individual Punishment in the Sexual Economy of the Bowery in Stephen Crane’sMaggie: A Girl of the Streets,” Eliza Wilcox, Winthrop University

The Stephen Crane Society will sponsor two sessions at the American Literature Association Conference at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco in Embarcadero Center on May 26-29, 2016. All topics are welcome. Here, for example, are a few suggestions

· Crane’s depiction of war

· Crane and the arts (e. g., painting, photography, music)

· Crane’s depiction of the city

· Crane’s poetry

· Crane’s journalism

· the Sullivan County tales and sketches

· the Western stories

· the Whilomville stories

· one of Crane’s lesser-known novels (The Third Violet, Active Service, or The O’Ruddy)

You may also propose a roundtable discussion on, say, teaching Crane’s short stories.

Please email abstracts or papers of no more than ten double-spaced pages by January 17, 2016, to the program chair:
Paul Sorrentino

psorrent@vt.edu

For further information about the conference, please consult the ALA website at http://www.americanliterature.org. If you have specific questions about ALA, contact the conference director, Professor Alfred Bendixen of Princeton University, at ab23@princeton.edu.

The Stephen Crane Society will sponsor two sessions at the American Literature Association Conference at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco in Embarcadero Center on May 26-29, 2016. All topics are welcome. Here, for example, are a few suggestions

· Crane’s depiction of war

· Crane and the arts (e. g., painting, photography, music)

· Crane’s depiction of the city

· Crane’s poetry

· Crane’s journalism

· the Sullivan County tales and sketches

· the Western stories

· the Whilomville stories

· one of Crane’s lesser-known novels (The Third Violet, Active Service, or The O’Ruddy)

You may also propose a roundtable discussion on, say, teaching Crane’s short stories.

Please email abstracts or papers of no more than ten double-spaced pages by January 10, 2016, to the program chair:
Paul Sorrentino

psorrent@vt.edu

For further information about the conference, please consult the ALA website at http://www.americanliterature.org. If you have specific questions about ALA, contact the conference director, Professor Alfred Bendixen of Princeton University, at ab23@princeton.edu.